“When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending.” 

– Brené Brown

Growing up in the Cold War Era, there was this ever present cloud of having to deal with The A-Bomb.

It was a part of the culture of the day. In school we had drills as to what to do "in case of ".

Every spy movie of the day had the world being threatened by the Russians or some Soviet actor, plotting to launch the doomsday device.

Often,in school , we were asked to write compositions on topics such as "if you could take 1 item with you to the bombshelter,what would it be".Or,"if you could be stuck in a bomb shelter with one person,who would you choose".

We were obsessed with The Bomb and Bomb shelters and the paranoia that came with the Cold War.

And there was always the scenario of who survived?

Often, it was a story about 2 congruent civilizations. Those who made it into the shelters and those who survived on the surface.

I have a funny feeling that I am reliving my childhood.

This time however, the cataclysmic event is the Coronavirus,not the A-Bomb.

When we are all finally allowed to return to t

"the surface",the aftermath may very well look like the science fiction of the morning after atomic bomb scenarios.

There will be those who choose to remain cloistered away fearing that it just isn't safe.

There will be some that will choose extreme levels of caution,continuing to choose social distancing,masks, gloves and other "safe " practices. And then there will be those of us who grab our tool boxes and set about trying to rebuild the devastation.

This new multi-faceted civilization will by it's very nature,pit individuals from these disparate groups against each other. It will be the Maskies vs. The Nostrils!

The Germfree vs. The Contaminators. The Pure vs. The Pyrias.

I've seen the beginnings of this already. Mask shaming will be a real thing.

Hang on folks.....this will get worse before it gets better!